New school supplies, the return of school zones on my commute, the coveted September issues of magazines — it’s how I’ve always thought of the new school year. New beginnings, fresh faces, all the clichés about starting a new chapter as the leaves start to change — or don’t, because it’s Texas.

It certainly is a new beginning for me. For the next couple of weeks, I will be the interim editor of the Park Cities | North Dallas neighborsgo section, filling the very large shoes Andrew Scoggin left behind.

While I’m here, I promise I will try to tell your stories and make your voice heard.

Here’s my story so you know whom you’re talking to.

I’ve lived in the North Dallas area for nine years now, but I grew up in London and Bangkok. I don’t have a British accent and can’t speak Thai, but I nurse a strong love of pad Thai, and if you put me in front of a Harry Potter movie, I will walk away with a quasi-British accent.

I’m a journalism student at Northwestern University and lived in the same dingy (but perfectly lovable) dorm as Andrew my freshman year.

This is my second time at The Dallas Morning News. Last summer I worked on the breaking news desk, covering animal cruelty cases and running out to get quotes on gas prices.

I love country music, but won’t listen to anyone who says the Darius Rucker version of “Wagon Wheel” is better than the Old Crow Medicine Show version.